Robotech: The Macross Saga - Roleplaying Game

by Bryan Young, Jeff Mechlinski

Based on the classic 1980s space opera anime, The Macross Saga Roleplaying Game puts you in the pilot's seat of an epic struggle to save humanity from extinction. Whether you take up the call and join the Robotech Defense Force or prefer to entertain the troops, there are unlimited options for you to make your way through the Macross Saga using nothing more than this game book. Utilizing the Advantage6 roleplaying system, this all-new roleplaying game is easily accessible and quick to learn. Create you own unique character or play as any of the legacy Robotech characters, from Rich Hunter and Roy Folker to Lisa Hayes and Lynn Minmei! Inside are detailed scenarios to play through any one of your favorite episodes and the tools to create all new adventures. On top of brand new short stories in the Robotech universe, this book also offers new windows into your favorite characters through their journals and interviews.  

Genres: Role Playing Games

265 pages, Hardcover

Published May 4, 2020

About the author

Bryan Young (he/they) works across many different media. His work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times. He's also published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor in chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! In 2014, he wrote the critically acclaimed history book, A Children’s Illustrated History of Presidential Assassination. He co-authored Robotech: The Macross Saga RPG and has written five books in the BattleTech Universe: Honor's Gauntlet, A Question of Survival, Fox Tales, Without Question, and the forthcoming VoidBreaker. His latest non-fiction tie-in book, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists is a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. His work has won two Diamond Quill awards and in 2023 he was named Writer of the Year by the League of Utah Writers. He teaches writing for Writer’s Digest, Script Magazine, and at the University of Utah. Follow him across social media @swankmotron or visit swankmotron.com.

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Reviews

[Daniel Yocom · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had fun working through the concept of a military roleplaying game that was focused more on the complications of living and the relationships. If you want more of strategy, there are rules for that also. We played more along the lines of the military involvement, but a group could create characters on the home front dealing with the aftermath of battles and rebuilding.

The design of Robotech feels like there is something for just about everyone. I know some who watched the series, or started to, and were turned off by the look as being too “cheesy” for them. Then again, I know people who are turned off by at least one of the major franchises of movies, books, television.

If you were a fan of the series, you will like what they have done with Robotech the Roleplaying Game: The Macross Saga. They captured the series in both look and feel. I also recommend Robotech for players who are looking for a way of doing a sci-fi space military game with the big robots who don’t want to get into the crunch aspects so many of the games in the genre focus on.

You can read my complete review at http://guildmastergaming.blogspot.com...